This year marked the Ninth Annual Summer Tea at the Manse for Bill and the church, but only the third tea celebration for me. (More on that later.) The first thing that I noticed about this sweet little event with some of the ladies from our church was that even though it has always been referred to as "The Tea" it really isn't a tea at all! You might not believe this, but hot tea isn't even on the menu! Last year I tried to infuse tea into the menu by brewing a tea punch with a fruity flavor, it was nice, a little different, but rather nice. This year we didn't do any tea at all, unless you count the sweet little teapots that lined the walkway. One of our church members, a little elderly Scottish lassie from the isle of Ayre, cooked these up for us in her ceramics class. Cute huh?
Punch this year was a frozen ice cream and coffee cappuccino creation. I'll add the recipe later in this post.
One of the things I like about this event is that everyone pitches in and helps by bringing a tea time snack to share, but I still get to dress the table!
Photos, Recipe and Writing are the property of Happy Hour at the Manse
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